Automation marches on
Mobile robots for massive-part manufacturers.
Editorial
Alan Richter
Alan Richter, a 40-plus-year veteran journalist, has spent the last 26 years covering the metalworking industry for Cutting Tool Engineering and currently serves as its editor-at-large. Contact him at [email protected].
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Five-axis flexibility
Boost productivity by reducing machine downtime. Six 5-axis milling machines with pallet systems and lights-out manufacturing capability.
Bringing back business is groovy
Regain business from a former customer by winning bids on a family of shafts with multiple grooves. Versatile grooving and turning tools.
Reverse-engineered parts hit the highway
Ensure custom motorcycle parts still seamlessly interface with OEM models after converting them from composites to metal. Scanning and CAD modeling services.
Honing tech lifts aerospace business
Produce flight-critical hydraulic pumps more rapidly and precisely. A multifeed honing system.
No room for error
Tap 100 2"-8 blind-holes without breaking the tap or scrapping a part. A tap engineered to effectively produce threads in holes more than ½" in diameter.
Double shot of automation
Speed throughput when deburring and surface finishing vise components. Abrasive disc brushes applied via a machining center's automatic toolchanger.
Strong finishers
When selecting a boring or reaming tool to finish a hole, the application is everything.
Honing in on cleanliness
A wet blasting system that consistently hones edges and enhances coating adhesion on cutting tools.
Covert ablation
An advanced athermal laser machining process for producing Nitinol-based implants and other medical devices.
CAM program keeps pace with part complexity
Overcome a CAM system's limitations when transitioning to machining more complex parts. New CAM software.
Power parts: Heat-resistant superalloys
Effectively directing high-pressure coolant to the cutting zone enhances machinability and extends tool life when cutting heat-resistant superalloys, such as when making parts for the energy industry.